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  • Three faces of the Occupy Wall Street movement

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    As the Occupy Wall Street movement called for worldwide protests demanding more social equality to mark Labor Day, Future Challenges spoke with three prominent members of the anti-greed movement that rose out of New York last year. First meet Sofia Gallisá Muriente. She helps run the new Spanish-language Occupy Wall Street […]

  • Protesters at Occupy Wall Street

    An Artificial Protest: Occupy Wall Street

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    The American media has been awash with jubilant exaltations of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). However, despite many claims, the movement is not a transformative revolutionary force. While indubitably there is a small core that is committed to dramatic, even revolutionary, change, they are not representative of most Americans, or even, […]

  • Occupy Berlin: Serving the clientele

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    Berliners are also taking part in the global Occupy Wall Street movement. But the Berlin Revolution will have to wait a little… The relatively good economic situation means the masses of the Precariat are not yet on the streets and so far most involved appear to be professional activists. Berlin, […]